Hi Temujin23 and Welcome to Our Forum !!! Well the first thing I would suggest is to get rid of ASPI 4.71 and use the 4.60 Which is a lot more Stable you can do this by using My Aspi Fix you can get it from from :- http://www.cdrinfo.com/forum/topic.asp?TOPIC_ID=10805 But make sure you follow the Instructions fully which are included in the Text file and see if that makes any difference !!!

yes, internet explorer will run on Win98, but I don't think version 6.0 will. I don't run 98 anymore, not since I came across win2000 that is but my friend still does (he thinks it is more stable then win2k...[:I]). The microsoft update page won't let him install IE 6.

got all updates... done all necessary... no replies from tech support... still doesn't work guess i will go hunt for another program to use

whats a good alternative to nero?

Nero 6 and Nero 5.5 needs the latest drivers loading for Microsoft to work properly on your system. Do you have this same issue when you try and install Nero 5.5.10.42?

If you have the Nero 5.5 installation CD, we have the latest Microsoft System drivers needed for Windows 98SE and ME on the CD, and we attempt to install these drivers when installing Nero 5.5. As long as the Registry is not protected to prevent such installation, this would resolve your issue. Then you could download our Nero 6 Demo and install if you prefer.

You can find the files on the Nero 5.5 CD located in the directory: Redist\MS\System

There you will find the files asycfilt.dll comcat.dll oleaut32.dll olepro32.dll stdole2.tlb

These are the files Nero needs updated from Microsoft for Windows 98SE and ME systems.